BY DEBORAH BUCKHALTER the hardware had been tampered The Plaza Del Rio on Penn Avenue
dbuckhalter@jcfloridan.com with, and the police were called. was hit, along with the former Half
Before the morning was over, po- Shell restaurant on Old Cottondale
Several employees who work on lice discovered that someone had Road, and the building rented by a i"
the west side of Marianna arrived stolen copper condenser coils and crop insurance company from F&W -
at their jobs Thursday to find that other components from about 10 Forestry Services on Optimist Drive. 10
the air conditioning didn't work. On units in the Penn Avenue and Opti-
32- .^. *- - -**ff -^ I -*- A--. --------TIC C D h7

closer observation, it was discovered

mist Drive area.

This air
conditioning
unit behind a
building owned
by F&W Forestry
Services Inc.
was one of
several that
were damaged
during an
attempted theft
late Wednesday
night or early
Thursday
morning.

BUILDING CONTROVERSY

No joy for adult store

MARKSKINNER/FLORIDAN
The empty storefront adjacent to the Subway restaurant near the Cottondale Interstate 10 exit may become the home of an adult
novelty shop.

County planners recommend commission deny it

BY DEBORAH BUCKHALTER
dbuckhalter@jcfloridan.com,

An adult novelty store maybe coming
to Jackson County. It would be located
adjacent to the Subway restaurant just
outside the city limits of Cottondale, if
the Jackson County Commission ap-
proves the development order,as sub-
mitted. Both the Subway franchise and
the proposed adult store would rent
space from the James Edward Harkins
Sr. Revocable Trust, which owns the
building.
Both the county planning commis-
sion and the county's staff planners*
have recommended the county com-
mission deny the request. Both the
planning commission and staff feel the
county should reject it, "based on in-
compatibility with the adjacent exist-
ing business," according to. a planning
staff report.
The proposed order asks the county
for permission to establish an outlet
for "discrete retail sales of clothing,
oils, movies, magazines, novelties and
assorted products of an adult nature."
No further specifics are given by the
company seeking the order, Hidden

Valley Management Services LLC.
The only contact information given
for that company is a P.O. box number
in Fountain, belonging to Jesse Foster.
A telephone operator could find no
phone number listed under that name
in Fountain. I .
The company's attorney on this proj-
ect, Jeffrey Lathem, wrote a letter to
the county's community development
department after hearing that the
planning commission recommended
denial. He addressed some concerns
expressed by the county planners.
One issue was whether minors would
be able to enter the adult store via the
bathroom and other common hallway
space the adult store would share with
Subway. Lathem said the adult store's
doors leading to those areas would
be kept locked, preventing movement
across the two businesses. No Subway
customers would be able to enter the
Hidden Valley store through the com-
mon area, he wrote.
Lathem also talked about the way the
company plans to present its storefront
and manage the movement of custom-
ers. He said customers will have to
enter "through the blacked-out front

door, then into the blacked-out foyer,
and then be allowed to enter the store
only after presenting proper identifi-
cation verifying that they are age 18 or
older."
Once inside, he said customers would
have to exit through the same entrance.
The back door would sound an alarm if
opened, and would be locked from the
outside so that only someone with a
key would able to come in that way.
If someone at the Hidden Valley store
requested the use of a restroom, an em-
ployee would unlock the door leading
to the restroom area. Customers would
be allowed to re-enter the store through
the same door, but would have to be
buzzed in by a HiddenValley employee
who would manually unlock the door
after viewing the returning customer
through a one-way peep hole, or via a
camera that would be mounted in the
common area.
Hidden Valley customers would not
be allowed to take their purchases into
the common area, and no advertise-
ments would be visible in the common
area.

See STORE, Page 7A

Butts is

named new

Sneads town

manager

From staff reports

The Sneads Town Council selected a
new town manager Wednesday night,
moments after interviewing their top
five candidates for the job.
Connie Butts will start work July 11. A
Nevada resident who is already in the
process of moving to Jackson County,
Butts has 21 years experience as a mu-
nicipal manager.
That experience is what ultimately
swayed Councilman Jimmy LynnWright,
who made the motion to hire her.
Wright said he felt the town had an out-
standing pool of candidates, including
the only Sneads native, Butch Edwards,
but that Butts' experience put her at the
top of his list.
"Butch Edwards was a good prospect,"
Wright said. "He did a great interview and
he would be an asset to the town, but the
town of Sneads needs somebody to step
up to the plate and write grants. She can
do that. She's going to have the budget
dropped right in her lap when she gets
here; she has experience with account-
ing and 21 years experience in the field
of managing government functions."
Wright said the town manager's job
is more complicated than most people
realize.
"A lot of people don't realize just how
much that has to be done, a lot of things
that people never see. She's familiar with
all that, she's done all that, and I think
right now she's the best thing for the
town," he said. "I'm glad the process is
over so we can move forward. We've got
a lot of potential, and I think the citizens
are going to be very pleased with what
she can help us accomplish."'
The vote to hire Butts was 4-1, with
Councilman Sammy McAlpin casting
the lone dissenting vote.
Butts is now finishing out her current
job as a manager of daily operations.for
the Canyon General Improvement Dis-
trict in Sparks, Nev. Having worked there
since mid-2001, she handles budgeting,
grant and loan procurement, and is in
charge of managing the water, sewer,
garbage and streets departments, as well
as other functions.

See SNEADS, Page 7A

"We've got a lot ofpotential, and
I think the citizens are goingto
be very pleased with what she
can help us accomplish."
Jimmy Lynn Wright,
Councilman

Governor urged to review Fla. death procedures

The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE The execu-
tive director of a soon-to-be-dis-
banded oversight commission
for Florida's death penalty sent
a letter to Gov. Rick Scott on
Thursday saying the panel's work
needs to somehow continue.

Noting that a federal judge
declared Florida's death penalty
procedure unconstitutional just
a day earlier, Roger Maas wrote
that decision "certainly under-
scores concerns in this area, re-
gardless of the final disposition
on that case."
Scott has signed a bill (HB

) CLASSIFIEDS...5-7B 1 ENTERTAINMENT...4B

) LOCAL...3A

5011) that will abolish the Com-
mission on Capital Cases as of
July 1.
Four of the commission's six
members are legislators, includ-
ing its chairman, Rep. Jim Wald-
man, D-Coconut Creek. The
other two members are former
judges.
) OBITUARIES...7A

In his letter, Maas offered
to help if the governor should
launch a review of the death pen-
alty process by executive order or
otherwise. He added that he was
confident the current commis-
sion members would be willing
to assist as well and anticipates
the Florida Bar will soon endorse

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such a review.
"I believe very strongly that
there is a compelling need for
oversight," Maas wrote. "The
Commission's institutional
memory and expertise may
prove to be invaluable if not

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GETTING IT RIGHT
In a story Thursday about a reward
for information about the Mega Gym
robbery, we provided the wrong
phone number. The number to call is
526-3125.

FRIDAY, JULY1
n International Chat-n-Sip Join Jackson
County Public Library Learning Center staff and
English learners 8:30 to 10 a.m. at 2929 Green St. in
Marianna, as learners practice new conversational
English skills in a relaxed environment. Light re-
freshments served. Public welcome. Call 482-9124.

MARIANNA POLICE
The Marianna Police De-
partment listed the following
incidents for June 22, the latest
available report: One accident
with no injury, .
one missing _.. ':
juvenile, one -- -
reckless driver, CRIM E
two suspicious
vehicles, five
suspicious persons, two infor-
mation reports, one burglar
alarm, one panic alarm, 13
traffic stops, one larceny, two
criminal mischief complaints,
five follow-up investigations,
one assault, one fight in prog-
ress call, one assist of another
agency, one public service call

and one threat/harassment
complaint.

JACKSON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
The Jackson County Sheriff's
Office and county Fire/Rescue
reported the following incidents
for June 22, the latest available
report. (Some of these calls may
be related to after-hours calls
taken on behalf of Graceville
and Cottondale police depart-
ments): One drunk driver, one
accident with injury, one stolen
tag, three reckless drivers, five
suspicious vehicles, six suspi-
cious incidents, three infor-
mation reports, two highway
obstructions, two physical

disturbances, two verbal
disturbances, one hitchhiker/
pedestrian complaint, one
prowler, five woodland fires,
two complaints about burning,
two drug offenses, 11 medical
calls, one traffic crash, 17 traffic
stops, two larcenies, two papers
served, one civil dispute, one
trespassing, one found/aban-
doned property, one juvenile
complaint; one noise distur-
bance, one cow complaint,
three assists of other agencies,
two public service calls and one
threat/harassment complaint.

Jackson Hospital received an
"A" rating on its recent inspec-
tion by the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations.
Every two years, the hospital's
clinical lab is evaluated. On
Tuesday, June 14th, Joint Corn-
mission began an unannounced
3-day survey of Jackson Hospi-
tal's Clinical Laboratory.

Jackson Hospital's clinical lab-
oratory performs about 800,000
tests per year. Every in-patient
and most out-patient services
performed by the Hospital re-
quire laboratory tests. Unique
to a hospital its size, the hospital
performs 95 percent of labora-
tory tests in-house rather than
sending them to an outside fa-
cility which means better quality
control and faster turn-around
for patients.

The hospital voluntarily sub-
mits to periodic evaluations of
its lab for compliance with na-
tional hospital and health care
standards.
Joint Commission accredita-
tion is only awarded to hospitals
that can prove compliance with
national quality standards. Ac-
cording to Jackson Hdspital's
Director of Quality and Risk
Management Salem Avery, RN,
"The hospital and clinic labora-

stories passed their accreditation
inspection with high scores on
quality."
While the main laboratory is
located on the first floor of the
hospital building, Jackson Hos-
pital recently opened an express
lab in its Outpatient Center lo-
cated on the ground floor of the
Hudnall Medical Building. Pa-
tients who have lab orders for
routine doctor-ordered tests,
such as urinalysis, PSA screens,

lipid panels, etc., can go to the
Outpatient Center, between 7
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
The Outpatient Center also
provides scheduled appoint-
ments for mammograms and
dexascans. Plenty of parking is
available in front of the Hud-
nall Building for Lab and X-ray
customers.
The Outpatient Lab can be
reached at 718-26*68.

Marianna native's new album out

Special to the Floridan

Marianna native Earl
Brackin recently released a
new album, "Looking for a
Story," which gets its flavor
from time the singer/song-
writer has spent in small
towns across the South.
"The songs on this al-
bum are stories I like to
tell about family, faith and
fun," said Brackin, a 1972
graduate of Marianna High
School who now resides in
Calhoun, Ga.
Brackin grew up in a
musical family, with a fa-
ther who directed a school
marching band and a
mother who played piano;
violin and cello.
"Growing up in Marian-
na, there was always mu-
sic playing in our home,"
Brackin said. "Some of my
earliest memories were of
swing music and close vo-

cal harmonies."
He began playing guitar
at age 13 to accompany
his singing, and started
writing songs a year later
with the influence of art-
ists such as James Taylor
and Gordon Lightfoot.
Brackin serves as worship
director for the Church on
the Hill in Dalton, Ga. He
also plays mandolin and
sings with the North Geor-
gia-based bluegrass group
Spatial Effects.
"Looking for a Story" is
available on iTunes, Ama-
zon.com and CDBaby.
com. Brackin will mark
the debut with a free CD
release concert June 25 at
7:30 p.m. at the Church on
the Hill in Dalton, Ga.

Kimberly S. Hagan has
been named to the Dean's
List at the Baptist College
of Florida in Graceville for
the spring 2011 semester.
The Dean's List is pub-
lished each semester to
honor those students who
maintain a 3.25-to-3.99
grade point average on a
4.0 scale.
Hagan is a sophomore at
BCF, pursuing a bachelor's
degree in Christian coun-
seling. She is the daughter
of Jeff and Kim Hagan of
Marianna. Hagan is a 2010
graduate of Marianna High
School.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 25
a Free clothing giveaway 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays and Satur-
days at Mother Agnes' Closet, 2856 Orange St., Marianna.
a Vacation Bible School Kick-off for Big Apple Adventure at
Bethlehem Baptist Church in Kynesville is 10 a.m. to noon today.
VBS classes are June 26-30, 6:30 to 9 p.m. nightly, for all ages
(nursery to adult). Call 579-9940.
n Vacation Bible School 5:30 to 7 p.m. nightly June 25-29 at
Bethel Star M.B.C. in Marianna.
n Anniversary Mt. Ararat A.M.E. Church celebrates its pastor's
fifth anniversary at 6:30 p.m. with Minister Stephen Andrews of
Sunlight Covenant Church.
) Gospel sing Lighthouse Community Church in Marianna
hosts its monthly sing at 7 p.m. with featured guests The Drum-
mond Family from Chipley. Call 482-8981 or 526-3452.
) Church Anniversary Heaven's Garden Worship Center in Cot-
tondale celebrates its first anniversary at 7 p.m. June 24-25, and at
4 p.m. June 26. Special guests: MALACHI Prophetic Worship Band,
Gospel of the Kingdom Praise Team and New-Life Praise Team. Call
579-9963 or 373-7823.

~W en the American fron-
tier was still wild, an
anonymous prospector
scratched this final lament on the
wall of his shack in Deadwood,
S.D.:
"I lost my gun. I
"* lost my horse. I'm
out of food. The Indi-
Sans are after me. But
I've got all the gold I
David can carry."
Yount As we age, re-
.____ minded of our own
mortality, we may
sense a kinship with the miner,
fearing that all we have fought for
and won in life ultimately will be
stripped away and that we must
leave the gold behind.
But what if death has no domin-
ion? Suppose that death is not a
period, but merely a comma that
marks a pause in our progress from
this life to the next? What if the life
we know is but a prelude to eterni-
ty? Then nothing we have achieved
in this life can be lost. Rather, it will
be the gold we carry to the next.
Across the ages, the vast majority
of humankind has maintained that

this life is not the end of living, and
that we can take it with us not
fool's gold, but the wealth of affec-
tion, experience and knowledge
we have accumulated in our brief
span. That's all the more reason for
living life to the fullest in our final
years.
Given the choice between going
to heaven and hearing a lecture
about heaven, playwright Oscar
Wilde noted, an American would
likely express a preference for the
lecture. The wit's indictment is true
enough to be discomfiting. Talk
is reassuring, serving as a buffer
against reality. It helps to explain
why people chatter so long and
often on their cell phones.
By contrast, silence is unnerv-
ing and experience can be scary.
We prefer impersonal plots on the
wide screen rather than unscripted
adventures in our lives. For many
of us, virtual reality beats the real
thing hands down. Even in adult-
hood, we can be quick to heed the
warning, "Kids, don't try this at
home!"
Muslims are required at least
once in their lifetime to leave their
homes to make a pilgrimage to
Mecca, presaging their ultimate
journey to paradise. It is an oner-

ous desert journey, even for the
wealthy, contrived to make the
Islamic faithful take thought about
the balance of their lives on Earth.
The afterlife will be our ultimate
adventure as well, but a foreign
adventure unless we prepare for it
now. Is our passport to paradise in
order? Will we speak the language
of eternity and comprehend the
customs of the inhabitants? Will we
recognize our host?
Our final trip will not be a vaca-
tion from life, but, rather, our
eternal destination. Prayer will be
our passport, silence the language
spoken in paradise, love the custom
of the natives in that place. Best
-that we prepare for the journey now
while we have time.
The beginning of wisdom is to
view life and death as complemen-
tary rather than adversarial. Each of
us, by dint of our humanity, holds
the key to immortality. In truth, we
cannot avoid eternity. Happily, the
keys to the kingdom of heaven are
sensible approaches that free our
minds and spirits, not dogmas that
shackle our souls.

On Friday and Saturday, July 1-2,
Marianna will be the site of the in-
augural Freedom Southern Gospel
Jubilee. Events will take place in the
Jackson County Agriculture Center,
and will feature popular Southern
gospel artists.
Friday's line-up, starting at 7 p.m.
will include Gold City, McKameys,
Dove Brothers, Dixie Echoes and
Diplomats.
On Saturday, there will be a "Na-
tional Gospel Music Talent Search"
for soloists and groups at 1 p.m.
Saturday night's 7 p.m. show will
feature The Perrys, Triumphant

Chuck Wagon Gang

The Perrys

Quartet, Michael Combs, Chuck
Wagon Gang, Nelons and winners
from the afternoon talent search
competition.
Adult tickets are $15 per night;
children ages three through 11
are $5 per night, at the, gate only.
Advance tickets are available at
Basford's Christian Store in Mari-
anna; Gifts & Such Christian Store
in Panama City; and Dove Christian
Supply in Dothan, Ala. The singing
is held under an open-air, covered
arena rain or shine. Bring lawn
chairs for field seating or bleachers
are available.
Nearly 100 campsites with hook-
ups are available directly on the

grounds. For camping reservations,
call 941-756-6942; or several ho-
tels and restaurants are located in
Marianna.
"The National Gospel Music Talent
Search" for soloists and groups will
be held on Saturday at 1 p.m. First
place prize is $500 cash and a sing-
ing spot on the main program. Sec-
ond place is $200, and third place is
$50. Entry fee is $50 plus tickets to
the main concert. For a rules and
guidelines sheet and an entry form,
call 941-756-6942.
The Jackson County Agriculture
Center is located at 3631 US 90 West
in Marianna. For more information,
call 941-756-6942.

Huntsman to open national offices in Florida
The Associated Press publican primary will be ultimately rage of questions on immigration he
decided," Huntsman added on a received from South Florida report-
MIAMI Newly declared GOP more serious note as he took ques- ers. Florida has one of the nation's
candidate Jon Huntsman hit the tions outside of the family-owned largest, mostly Hispanic, immigrant
Sunshine State Thursday to open Everglades Lumber and Building populations, and Miami is a hub
his national headquarters, calling Supply company: for the major Spanish-language TV
Florida the-place where the Repub- The Orlando region will be key to networks.
lican presidential nominee will be winning Florida in the 2012 election. When asked about his immigra-
chosen. It saw some of the greatest growth tion policy, the governor looked
The former Utah governor toured over the last decade, predominantly briefly stumped and hesitated be-
a lumber company in Miami, and from an influx of Puerto Ricans. fore answering, the only time dur-
.he met with local business leaders Their votes are considered up for ing his morning events when he
before heading to Orlando to open grabs. seemed momentarily unprepared.
his headquarters. Huntsman said he "It's kind of a sea change in na- "To begin this conversation, we
picked Florida for his national offic- tional politics to do something like need to prove the point we can se-
es because it is a key state, and be- this," said Lew Oliver, chairman of cure the border," he then said. "But
cause his wife is originally from Or- the Orange County Republican Ex- we haven't done that."
lando. Her family moved when she ecutive Committee, of Huntsman's Huntsman also emphasized the
was 14. She and five of the couple's decision to set up shop in Orlando. valuable contributions legal im-
children accompanied him during "It underscores both how important migrants have made to the U.S. in-
the campaign stop through the out- Florida is and in particular, central eluding his own family, pointing out
skirts of Miami's Little Havana. Florida." his two youngest daughters who
"What choice did I have?" he While the visit to Florida may were adopted from China and In-
joked, pointing to his wife of 28 mark a homecoming of sorts for the dia as well as Everglades lum-
years, Mary Kaye. Huntsmans, the candidate seemed ber owner Ovi Vento, whose family
"Florida, I think is where the Re- less at home with the instant bar- came from Cuba.

State
Briefs

Pawlenty raising
money with mailer
TALLAHASSEE For-
mer Minnesota Gov. Tim
Pawlenty is targeting
Florida Republicans with
a mailer that says invest-
ing in his presidential
campaign will pay off if it
prevents President Barack
Obama from leading the
country into financial
crisis.
It began arriving in mail-
boxes this week as GOP
rival former Utah Gov.
Jon Huntsman set up his
presidential headquarters
in Florida.
In it, Pawlenty says he
will eliminate the national
deficit and debt and fix
entitlement programs. He
also says Obama wants
to follow Greece into
bankruptcy.
The mail piece reads,
"An investment of $1,500,
$1,000 or $500 will have
seemed like a small price
to help preserve America."
Florida helped deliver
the GOP nomination for
'Sen. John McCain in 2008
and again plans to hold an
early primary.

Justices affirm
malpractice in death
TALLAHiASSEE The
Florida Supreme Court has
rejected a public hospital's
appeal of a $2 million
malpractice verdict in the
death of an infant.
Justice Jorge Labarga
wrote in the unanimous
opinion Thursday that
the Public Health Trust of
Miami-Dade County was
trying to use a "gotcha"
tactic. The trust argued
the verdict in favor of the
baby's mother, Odette
Acanda, and father, Alexis
Rodriguez, should be
thrown out on a technical
error. The couple failed
to also serve process on
the state Department
of Financial Services as
required for claims against
government agencies.
Labarga wrote that
failure had no effect on the
verdict. He then quoted
from a 1970 high court rul-
ing that cases should not
be decided by "surprise,
trickery, bluff and legal
gymnastics."

City chooses pay cuts
over police layoffs
HOLLYWOOD -Weeks
after announcing the
layoffs of 13 Hollywood
police officers, city of-
ficials opted instead to cut
the salaries of every other
officer on the force by 12.5
percent.
The decision announced
Thursday morning came
at the urging of the Police
Benevolent Association.
Despite the compromise,
union officials maintain
they will still make a legal
challenge to the city's
action.
City officials .began mak-
ing cuts last month when
they learned they face a
$10.3 million budget defi-
cit. They announced that
13 officers would lose their
jobs and everyone else on
the force would take a 10
percent pay cut.
Union spokesman Jeff
Marano says the new

starting salary for Hol-
lywood police officers will
be $43,585.

State says it will try
Bulger for murder
MIAMI Florida pros-
ecutors say they intend
to try captured mobster
James "Whitey" Bulger on
charges that he ordered
the murder of a gambling
executive.
Prosecutors in Miami
said Thursday that the
Boston Irish mob leader
remains under indict-
ment for the 1982 murder
ofjai alai executive John
Callahan. Former FBI
agent John Connolly was
convicted of murder in
2008 for telling Bulger that
Callahan was cooperating
with investigators looking
into Bulger's role in the
1981 slaying of Okla-
homa businessman Roger
Wheeler.
Florida and Oklahoma
have the death penalty.

The 81-year-old Bulger
was arrested Wednesday
near Los Angeles.
Overall, he was wanted
for his alleged role in 19
murders.
He fled Boston in 1995
when he learned he was
about to be indicted. Con-
nolly may'have been the
source.

lionfish have now been
found in the Loxahatchee
River.
The candy-striped
aquarium fish are native
to the Indian and Pacific
oceans, but have formed
growing populations off
the southeastern U.S., Ba-
hamas and the Caribbean.
They're wreaking ecologi-
cal chaos because they eat
important indigenous fish.
The FIU researchers say
lionfish have been seen
three miles inside the
Loxahatchee.
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Livestock markets at a glance

Special to the Floridan
For the week ended June
23, at the Florida Livestock
Auctions, receipt totaled
6,098 head, compared to
7,674 last week, and 7,574
a year ago.
According to the Florida
Federal-State Livestock-
Market News Service, com-
pared to last week, slaugh-
ter cows and bulls were
1.00 to 4.00 lower; feeder
steers and heifers were
2.00 to 5.00 higher.
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(( T nothing is more dif-
ficult, and therefore
"N more precious, than
to be able to decide." Napo-
leon Bonaparte
There is no question that the
ability to make
good decisions
is at the heart
of a successful
business. For
entrepreneurs,
Dr. Jerry especially those
with small busi-
Osteryoung nesses, the cost of
making mistakes
is extremely high.
In one case, a firm selected
the wrong vendor to supply a
critical part and nearly went out
of business when the supplier

Successful Business

- the heart of decision

could not deliver. A second
firm paid a high price when its
software vendor delivered the
software more than a year late.
In a third example, a firm's
board of directors was consider-
ing what benefits to provide the
CEO. The board made a tragic
error by selecting the wrong
provider and watched the CEO's
morale nosedive as his benefits
shrank.
In each of these cases and
many more, the entrepreneurs
did not take the time to develop
criteria to guide their decisions.
Whenmnaking decisions, it
is easy to go with a gut feel-
ing. However, gut feelings do
not require analytical ability
or consideration of any objec-
tive criteria. As such, they can
quickly lead you astray.

A firm was considering hiring
a bookkeeper, which is such a
critical function for every busi-
ness. As they sorted through the
resumes that had been sub-
mitted, they also looked at the
applicant's picture. This is not
bad if one of your criteria is that
the candidate be good-looking.
However, if it is not one of your
job requirements, including that
as part of the initial screening
could end up leading you down
the path toward a wrong deci-
sion at a very high cost.
In order to make great deci-
sions, you must determine
the criteriA ahead of time and
apply these requirements to
your decision-making process.
For example, if you are going to
hire a bookkeeper, your criteria
might be that applicants have

five years of experience, avail-
ability to work overtime, and
knowledge of your specific
bookkeeping software.
However, just identifying
your criteria is not enough. You
must also weight them accord-
ing to their importance. For
example, experience could be
weighted at 60 percent, avail-
ability to work overtime could
be 10 percent and knowledge
of the bookkeeping software
could be 30 percent. Weighting
the criteria can be really helpful
when ranking the candidates or
alternatives.
An entrepreneur was evalu-
ating possible locations for
his new restaurant. His initial
criteria were the traffic count,
parking area and neighborhood
demographics. On the initial

making

pass, before applying weights,
the entrepreneur selected one
location based on these criteria.
Once the entrepreneur applied
weights to the criteria, however,
the first location was tossed
in favor of a second location
that better met the owner's
requirements.
I guarantee that if you take
this approach, you will make
much better decisions. Now go
out and fine tune your decision-
making process.by identifying
criteria and weighting them
according to importance.
You can do this!

Dr. Osteryoung is the Director of Outreach
of the Jim Moran Institute for Global
Entrepreneurship in the College of Business
at Florida State University, the Jim Moran
Professor of Entrepreneurship; and Profes-
sor of Finance.

From Consumer Reports

Buying appliances no longer limited to big retailers

By the editors of Consumer Reports
W en it comes to
shopping for ap-
W pliances, it's not
just about the big retail
stores anymore. Online
stores, independent retail-
ers and even QVC (the TV-
shopping channel) have
been among the most sat-
isfying places to buy appli-
ances, according to survey
responses from more than
16,000 Consumer Reports
subscribers.
The research found
that overall, 92 percent of
respondents were highly
satisfied buying small
appliances online. As for

Sneads
From Page 1A

Before that, from 1988
to 2001, she was an ac-
countant for the Sun Valley
General Improvement Dis-
trict in Sun Valley, Nev.
Before that, she worked
four years as an admin-
istrative assistant at the
Social Science Education

Alice Pauline Jackson
Jansen, 87, of Jackson
County, affectionately
known as "Miss Polly,"
went to be with the Lord
Sunday, June 19, 2011.
The funeral service will
be 2 p.m. Friday, June 24,
at the New Hope Free Will
Baptist Church near
Dellwood, with James &
Sikes Funeral Home Mad-
dox Chapel directing. Buri-
al will follow in the church
cemetery.
James & Lipford
Funeral Home
5390 Cotton St.
Graceville, FL 32440
263-3238
www.jamesandsikes
funeralhomes.com

Hermon Lee
Register

Hermon Lee Register, 96,
of Graceville died Wednes-
day, June 22, 2011, at the
Campbellton-Graceville
Hospital, following a brief
illness.
He was born Jan. 1, 1915
in Jackson County to the
late Willie M. and Bessie
Sweat Register. He retired
from the Army with the
rank of sergeant first class
in 1962, after 20 years of
service. He was a veteran of

walk-in stores, more than
three-quarters (77 percent)
were highly satisfied.
Abt Electronics, which is
based in the Chicago area
and ships nationwide, was
among the top retailers for
large appliances. It reaped
praise from shoppers who
bought one or more appli-
ances in the past year. CR
didn't have enough re-
sponses to report on every
appliance retailer, but Sears
and Best Buy in particular
received low grades for
returns.
For small-appliance pur-
chases, Amazon and QVC
topped the list. Amazon
received high marks overall

Consortium in Boulder,
Colo. She handled ac-,
counting there, and helped
write and edit grant appli-
cations 'that went to the
National Science Founda-
tion for funding.
Prior to entering the
workforce, she was a vol-
unteer for various or-
ganizations, and wrote
Christian education cur-
riculums for her church in
Boulder, Colo.

World War II and a combat
veteran of the Korean War,
where he was awarded the
Combat Infantry Badge
and he received two
Bronze .Stars for bravery.
He worked for a number of
years in Vietnam, the Mar-
shall Island Chain and
Alaska. He 'was a member
of the Springhill United
Methodist Church.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; his
wife of 56 years Mattie Lou
Register; his son Harry Lee
Register; his brothers Wil-
bur Register, James Regis-
ter, Earl Register and Ho-
ward Register, and his sis-
ter Hazel Carter.
He is survived by four
sons, Larry and Rhonda
Register of Tallahassee, La-
mar and Liz Register of
Eufaula, Ala., William "Bill"
and JoAnn Register of
Graceville, and Ronald
"Ron" Register of
Graceville; two daughters;
Connie and Gary Wells of
Anchorage, and Rebecca
Register of Graceville; two
sisters-in-law, Mary Dell
Register of Graceville, and
Louverne .Armstrong of
Tallahassee; seven grand-
children, Dwayne and An-
gie. Register, Eric Register
of Eufaula, Phillip Register,
Amanda Register and Mel-
ody Register of Tallahassee,
and Christopher Wells and
Kristina Wells of Anchor-
age, Alaska.
The funeral will be 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 26, at the
Springhill United Method-
ist Church, with the Rev.
Chester Padgett officiating.
Burial will follow in the
church cemetery, with
military honors by the Ar-
my, James & Lipford Fu-
neral Home of Graceville
directing. Visitation will be
at the church, one hour
prior to the service.

from shoppers and was
a standout for selec-
tion, while QVC also had
among the highest scores
for customer satisfaction.
CR did learn of some
criticism from respon-
dents who'd shopped for
small appliances such
as vacuum cleaners, gas
grills and coffee makers.
Product selection, service
at the time of purchase,
and the checkout experi-
ence were particular sore
points, especially at Wal-
Mart and its warehouse-
club sibling, Sam's Club.
Tips for Appliance
Shopping
Overall, people were
generally happy with their
experiences shopping
for appliances, especially
compared with other
consumer services CR
measures.
But some strategies
they tried made shopping
more successful:

a Plan ahead to get good
prices. Almost 30 percent.
of those shopping for
major appliances looked
up buying advice on
retailers' websites before
making their purchase.
Of those shoppers, 75
percent found it helpful.
Sign up on a retailer's
website weeks before
a purchase to receive
email coupons and other
promotional deals such as
rebates, free shipping and
so-called VIP sales. And
try haggling. According to
35 percent of major-appli-
ance shoppers who tried
to negotiate prices, 72
percent were successful
--'with a median savings
of $97.
a Choose a store for its
selection. Survey respon-
dents who bought major
appliances praised Abt
Electronics and the Best
Buy-owned Pacific Sales
for having an ample selec-
tion. Home Depot got low

Thieves
From Page lA
F&W manager Steve Glenn said his
company was able to offer the ten-
ant space elsewhere in the complex
so that they would have air condi-
tioning until another unit can. be
purchased. He estimated the worth
of the air conditioner at $2,000.

Store
From Page 1A

Lathem also said. that, if these
terms were not acceptable, the
business would be Willing to install
its own restrooms and utilities as a
last resort.
The owner of the building, Jim
Harkins Sr., said he is mystified as.to
why planners consider the store an
incompatible use.
He said he agreed to rent it to Hid-
denValley after a long period of time
during which there was no tenant in
the space.
"I was having difficulty. I haven't
found anybody to go in there, and
there's a clause that, if I don't have
that section rented, then Subway
can cut their rent in half, so it's
costing me to just let it sit," Har-
kins admits. "I was impressed with
the owners; I met them and they
V,

Governor
From Page 1A
irreplaceable toward these ends."
Scott spokesman Lane Wright said
the governor's office had no imme-
diate comment.
U.S. District Judge Jose E. Mar-
tinez ruled Wednesday in Miami
that Florida's procedure is uncon-
stitutional because jurors are not
required to say what aggravating
factor or factors led them to recom-
mend death.
Judges, though, are required to
explain why they impose death
sentences. They aren't required to
follow jury recommendations but
must give them great weight.

marks for its selection of
small and major appli-
ances. Amazon received
high marks overall from
shoppers for small appli-
ances and was a standout
for selection, while Costco
and Sam's Club, the two
warehouse clubs in the
survey, received low
scores for small-appliance
selection.
a Consumers search for
service. Independent re-
tailers earned high marks
from shoppers for major
and small appliances.
Abt got top marks among
shoppers of major appli-
ances, and independent
retailers had the highest
marks from small-appli-
ance shoppers at walk-
in stores. All the other
venues except Sears had
low scores.
a Watch out for warran-
ties. Eighty-three percent
of shoppers for major
appliances said their
checkout-didn't conclude

Police estimate that the thief or
thieves would have been able to
realize only about $75 if they were
to have sold the copper to a scrap
dealer or other buyer.
Marianna Police Chief Hayes
Baggett is asking for information
from anyone who may have seen
suspicious activity in the area be-
tween midnight Tuesday and 7 a.m.
Wednesday.

were very respectable people. They
weren't slime balls or derelicts, none
of those things."
He said he has questions about
the way the planning commission,
decided to recommend the county
deny it.
"I'm thinking that the (planning
commission) isn't playing fair," he
said. "When they couldn't figure out
any other way to not pass it, they'
used the 'not compatible' excuse.
Well, I wonder, was the liquor store
down the road compatible when it
opened? I'm interested in seeing
the commission do the right thing;
sometimes people have power to do
things even though they don't have
the right, and that's not really being
fair."
Harkins said he's confident the
owners plan to play by all the rules.
"I'm not going to use their busi-
ness I might have 40 years ago,
I'm not a hypocrite but I've out-
grown those things, I guess," Har-

The ruling came in the case of Paul
H. Evans, 39, who was convicted in
a murder-for-hire plot in Vero Beach
20 years ago. His jury recommended
death by a 9-3 vote after convicting
him of first-degree murder.
Attorney General Pam Bondi plans
to ask Martinez to rehear the case,
and she will appeal if he doesn't
change his mind.
Some other states involve juries
in death sentence decisions to vary-
ing degrees, but none has a system
identical to the one in Florida. Also,
Florida is the only state that doesn't
require a jury's recommendation for
death to be unanimous.
Maas noted in his letter that the
state Supreme Court has urged the
Legislature to require unanimous

CONSUMER REPORTS INC.
The QVC shopping' channel
had among the highest
scores for reader satisfaction
in Consumer Reports' latest
survey.
without at least a sugges-
tion that they purchase
an extended warranty.
The median price paid for
an extended warranty or
service contract was $113
for a major appliance and
$40 for a small appliance.
CR doesn't recommend
purchasing a warranty or
service contract because
most repairs do not occur
during the limited time
period covered by the
extended wapranty.

"Someone cut the power to the
unit, took the top part of it off, took
it apart, cut the wires and took some
of the inside workings, like the cop-
per condenser coils," Baggett said.
"We're hoping that someone saw
something during the time they
were there, and will help us locate a
suspect or suspects."
Those with information on this
crime in Marianna, call 526-3125.

kins said. "But at the same time,
I think they have the right to be in
business. They're not going to have
bad signage, and their windows are
going to be coated with a dark film
on it, and nobody under 18 would
be permitted in."
Harkins said at least Hidden Valley
would be selling their products out
in the open.
"I know personally people who
have bought X-rated videos from
stores locally that had this kind of
thing under the counter for years,
in at least two different places I can
think of," he said. "Adults have the
right to view these things. It's not
illegal, and they need not to treat it
as if it were. I'm pro-business and
I think we all have a right to have
a livelihood. In this bad economy,
especially, I don't think the county
should just try to keep out a legiti-
mate business for no legitimate rea-
son that would probably generate
five or six jobs,"

votes in Florida as well, but so far
lawmakers have not acted.
While some administrative func-
tions of the Commission on Capital
Cases will be transferred to the Ju-
dicial Administrative Commission,
Maas wrote that the new law will
"seemingly 'abandon the commis-
sion's larger statutory mandate."
That includes reviewing the work
of two regional legal offices that rep-
resent indigent death row inmates
in appeals in central and South Flor-
ida and private lawyers hired by the
state to do work in north Florida.
Also gone will be the panel's role
in obtaining public comment and
advising the Legislature, execu-
tive branch and Supreme Court on
death penalty issues, Maas wrote.

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ORLANDO The moth-
er of a Florida woman
accused of killing her 2-
year-old daughter testi-
fied Thursday that she
had conducted Internet
searches about chloroform
on a family computer, di-
rectly contradicting pros-
ecutors' theory that it was
the suspect who made the
queries.
Casey Anthony's mother,
Cindy, said she had run the
chloroform queries while
looking up information
on chlorophyll, a green
pigment found in plants.
She believed her dogs may
have been eating bamboo
leaves containing chloro-
phyll. Cindy Anthony also
said she ran searches on
other chemicals, such as
hydrogen peroxide, after
she was informed about a
hand sanitizer scare.
Casey Anthony listened
without showing emotion.
The testimony was a sur-
prise to prosecutors who
contend that Casey An-
thony made the searches.
During cross-examina-
tion, prosecutor Linda
Drane Burdick suggested
that Cindy Anthony never
mentioned the searches
during depositions and
that work records show
that Cindy Anthony was at
her job during the time the
searches were made on the
family's home computer.
Cindy Anthony respond-
ed that she could leave
work when she needed to
and that the work records
might not have reflected
her absence.
"You were aware that
computer searches were
an issue?" Drane Burdick
said.
Drane Burdick asked
Cindy Anthony whether
she remembered denying
that she conducted the
searches during her 2009
deposition.
"I did not look up how to
make chloroform. I looked
up chloroform," Cindy An-

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Ithony's mom testifies again at murder trial
thony said. "I did tell the Drane Burdick she did not membered a YouTube vid- Chloroform is a chemi- sition. Earlier in the trial, a
detectives, and I did tell run searches on house- eo involving a skateboard- cal compound that can be medical examiner testified
the state attorneys about hold weapons, chloroform er. The skateboarder's trick used to knock someone that a small amount would
the searches." habit or neck-breaking, was described as a "neck- unconscious and also is be sufficient to cause the
C7indv Anthony told although she said she re- breaking feat," she said. found in human decompo- death of a child.

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The Marianna Angels All-Stars
will begin district tournament
competition tonight when they
take on Alford in Wewahitchka
at 8 p.m.
Marianna is the two-time de-
fending district champion, and
will look to make it a three-peat
this weekend.
All-Stars coach Stacy Goodson
was on the coaching staff for each
of the past two district champi-
onships. He said this year's club
has a newer look to it.
"We've got a lot of new players,
some players who are in their
first year of playing softball,"
the coach said. "But they made
the All-Star team, and they've
worked really hard the last two-
and-a-half weeks. They've start-
ed to come together, and they're

hitting the ball well and playing
good defense.
"We won district last year and
the year before, so we hope to
continue on that tradition. Hope-
fully, we'll do well. We're going to
try hard, coach hard, and play
hard, and we're looking forward
to the tournament. I enjoy these
girls. We've got a good group of
parents who have been very sup-
portive. We're ready to play."
Goodson said there are some
similarities and differences be-
tween this year's team and last
year's, but that the keys to win-
ning are the same.
"I think we have some of the
strengths this year we didn't
have last year, but I think this
team is comparable to last year,"
the coach said. "We've got more
good pitchers, but they're going

The Marianna Bulldogs fell
to the visiting Vernon Yellow
Jackets 9-3 in summer baseball ac-
tion at Bulldog Field on Wednes-
day afternoon.
Michael Mader took the mound,
for the Bulldogs and went two in-
nings, giving up no runs on one
hit and one walk while striking out
six.
Shayne Blantori came on for one
inning and gave up three runs on
three hits and two walks, with Brad
Middleton pitching 2/3 of an in-
ning and giving up four runs on
three hits, one walk and one hit
batter.
Reid Long closed out the game,
giving up two runs on three
walks and one hit batter with five
strikeouts.
With two outs, Middleton and
Mader both took advantage of
bobbled balls at shortstop to reach
first safely, but Middleton was out
trying for home.
Kody Bryan got things going in
the second inning with a single
to right, but was out on a fielder's
choice by Jae Elliott.
Mason Melvin reached on an er-
ror, but a pair of groundouts ended
the inning.
The 'Dawgs failed to capitalize
on a bases-loaded opportunity in
the third.
Chris Johnson started the rally
with a single, but was out when
Trent Charles hit into a fielder's
choice.
With. two outs, Madison Harrell
singled; and Laurence Glover's

See BASEBALL, Page 2B

ersNE BSKEoar to victoBALL

Tigers roar to victory

Malone's James Dallas takes the ball down court Wednesday night against Dale County in Poplar Springs.

Malone improves to 5-1

BY DUSTIN KENT
dkent@jcfloridan.com

The Malone Tigers rolled through
their second day of the Alabama-Flor-
ida Summer Shootout on Wednesday

MARKSKINNER/FLORIDAN

in Poplar Springs, winning all three Malone opened up Wednesday's ac-
games they played to move to 5-1 at the tion with a 43-39 win over Rehobeth,
camp. and then followed it up with a 15-point
The Tigers are 6-2 overall for the week, win over Dale County, and a 46-32 vic-
having split a pair of games on Tuesday tory over Slocomb.
in Marianna, and will finish the week "We played pretty good," Tigers coach
today with three more games at Poplar
Springs. See TIGERS, Page 2B

Darlings Play for Championship

SUBMITiT DuPrOlu
The Marianna Darlings All-Star team is Jeorgia Hall, Sandra Lee Kent, Gabby Bess, Alexis Rountree, Lauren Brock,
Nalee Watson, Lauryn Tucker, Amari Brown, Angel Curry, Josie Scott, Ashlyn Wierman and Cyann Clark-Hussey. The
Darlings are coached by Tory Hussey, along with assistants Peter Scott, Mason Brock, and Amanda Clark. They will
play tonight against Wewahitchka in at 6 p.m. in the district tournament in Wewahitchka. It's the first of a best-of-
three series to determine the district champion.

Bulldogs split summer

league games Tuesday

BY DUSTIN KENT
dkent@jcfloridan.com

After picking up perhaps their
best win of the summer ear-
lier on Tuesday, the Marianna
Bulldogs dropped their second
game of the day to Port St. Joe
41-30 in Summer League ac-
tion at Marianna High School.
Marianna never trailed in its
41-28 win over Malone in the
first game of the day, but it was
the Sharks that dominated the
action in the next matchup,
jumping out to an early lead
and never letting up.
"They just walked out there
and kind of slapped us around
pretty early defensively," Bull-
dogs coach Travis Blanton
said of the Sharks. "They made
some shots, and they were
just more aggressive than we
were. They played harder and
with a lot more intensity than

we did."
Blanton said that perhaps his
players felt a bit too satisfied
with their earlier victory over
Malone.
"It was like we walked out
there and just expected an-
other victory, and St. Joe had
something else in mind for us,"
the coach said. "Those days of
us walking out there and win-
ning because we've got that'M'
on the chest are gone. We have
to work for everything that we
get. I think we said, 'hey, we just
beat Malone, so this should be
easy,' but summer is fool's gold
anyway.
"With what we have .right
now, we have to work hard
every night to win. We got hit
hard by graduation, so the kids
have to learn that every pos-
session counts."

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12B FRIDAY, JUNE 24,2011

Baseball
From Page 1B
patience at the plate pro-
vided a bases loaded walk,
but a groundout back to
the mound ended the in-
ning with the bags full.
Marianna plated one run
in the bottom of the fourth.
With one out, Glover drew
a walk and moved to sec-
ond on a passed ball.
With two outs, JT Mead-
ows singled to score Glover
before a groundout ended
the inning.
Middleton singled to
start the fifth, with Mad-
er following with an RBI
single. A groundout was
followed by Melvin draw-
ing a walk, but Mader was
out on an attempted steal
of third before a strikeout
ended the inning.
Mader drew a leadoff

Tigers
From Page 1B

Steven Welch said. "We
played real good defense,
I thought. The effort was
real good, the ball move-
ment was improved from
(Tuesday), and the effort
was a lot better."
The Tigers led through-
out in the first game, while
Rehobeth continually
chipped away at the lead
but could not get over the
hump.
In the wins over Dale
County and Slocomb,
Malone controlled the ac-
tion from the opening tip.

SPORTS

MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN

Marianna's Justin Kent plows into third base Tuesday night.

walk in the top of the sixth
inning and eventually
scored on an RBI single by
Charles to the left side.
Long doubled with one

Welch said the team was
eager to come back with a
solid effort after an uneven
pair of' performances on
Tuesday.
"You always want to win
a few when you can. If
you keep losing, it can get
in your head a little bit,"
he said. "I'm glad to see
them having a little bit of
'fun and playing with some
energy. Ultimately, that's
why we play, to have fun.
It's a game. When you start
taking it too serious, and
you're putting too much
pressure on yourself, it's
not as much fun."
Malone got Thursday off,
which was very much wel-
comed by the Tigers after

out in the seventh, but a
strikeout and a groundout
ended the inning and the
game.
Marianna was sched-

eight games in three days.
"We definitely need a day
off," Welch said. "We're not
even touching a basketball
(Thursday). I think we just
need a break from each
other."
Welch said he was hap-
py with the performance
Wednesday by starting
center Ty Baker, who got
off to a bit of a slow start
early in the week after
coming back from a two-
week break.
The coach also heaped
compliments on rising se-
nior point guard LaDarius
McElroy, who was limited
much of last year with
an. injury suffered in the
preseason.

uled to travel to Munroe
on Thursday before begin-
ning a three-day wood bat
tournament in Bozeman
today.

"LaDarius did a good
job of just running things,
running the show, just
passing the ball extremely
well," Welch said, praising
McElroy's embrace of the
playmaker and distribu-
tor role on this team. "I'm
proud of that because if
he had come back with
the attitude of wanting to
be a scorer, that would've
messed up our flow. He's
being a team leader and
keeping people involved.
He sees the floor as well as
any player I've had here."
The Tigers will take on
Ashford at 5 p.m., Wicks-
burg at7 p.m. and Houston
County at 8 p.m. tonight at
Poplar Springs.

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Games
From Page 1B
Port St. Joe led 24-17
at the half and quickly
pushed it into double fig-
ures early in the second
half.
Marianna got as close
as six points, but could
get no closer.

Angels
From Page 1B
to have to throw strikes
for us to win some ball-
games. That's very im-
portant. If we can do
that, I think we'll be able
to compete with all of
the teams down there.
It's about who can throw

A Bulldogs'
player looks
for an opening
to make a pass
Tuesday during
a summer
league game in
Marianna.

MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN

"It was a tough ball-
game for us offensively,"
Blanton said. "Defensive-
ly, we probably played
well enough to keep us
in the game and make it
somewhat close. We just
could never get over the
hump.
"They jumped on us
right off the bat and we
didn't respond well."

strikes, who can hit the
ball, and who can catch
the ball.
"I feel real confident
about this team. The girls
have worked hard and
come a long way. The
,girls are excited."
The Angels age group is
9 and 10., and the tourna-
ment is scheduled to run
though Monday.

Tigers rebound from loss to beat Altha

BY DUSTIN KENT
dkent@jcfloridan.com

The Malone Tigers
bounced' back from an
early loss on Tuesday after-
noon with a 43-25 victory
over the Altha Wildcats in
Summer League action at
Marianna High School;
The Tigers fell to Marian-
na 41-28 in their first game
of the day, but came back
to take a comfortable win
over the Wildcats.
Altha was coming off of
a 44-31 loss to Port St. Joe,
with the Tigers getting an
hour break after their first
game.
Malone coach Steven
Welch said the rest played
into his team's hands.
(Altha) was playing back
to back, so we put a little
pressure on them, and that
bothered them a little bit,"
he said. "We were able to
stretch the lead out and
get some people some
playing time. We played.
better. You always want to

A.Malone player scoops a rebound and
court Tuesday in Marianna.

follow up a disappointing
performance with at least
a decent one, and I think
we did that.
"We had a few players
that were really playing
tired and dead-legged in

MARKSKINNER/FLORIDAN
takes it back down

the first game. I don't know
how much sense it makes,
but they found some en-
ergy in the second game.
They looked a little better.
The ball movement and
shot selection were much

better."
The coach said that his
team was possibly press-
ing a bit too much in the
game against Marianna.
"Wejustwantedtoplayso
good in that first game," he
said. "I think we put some
pressure on ourselves and
tried to do too much in-
stead of trusting our team- .
mates. In the second half,
we relaxed and moved the
ball a little better."
Welch said that even
though his players brushed
off the loss to Marianna af-
ter the game, the energy of
the Jackson County rivalry
was still present.
"You're always disap-
pointed when you lay an
egg against Marianna," he
said. "We can say what we
want to, but they want to
beat us, and we want to
beat them. That's the way
it's always been, and that's
the way it will always be.
We let ourselves down, but
Marianna played .really
well. Give them credit:"

n Alford Recreation Associa-
tion will hold sign-ups for tackle
football and cheerleading July
7 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,
and July 12 from 6:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. Registration will be
held at the concession stand,
and fees are $75 for football,
and $65 for cheerleading. Age
groups are 5-6, 7-9, and 10-12.
For more information, call
Jason at 850-573-0900, Valerie
at 850-209-1031, or Rhonda at
850-573-1507.

BIKE-A-THON
n The 5th annual Little Zion
Community Bike-A-Thon will be
held Saturday at 7 a.m. at 7562
Harvey Court in Sneads, and it
will end at Howell's Fish Camp.
Blood pressure readings will be
recorded before riding, with wa-
ter stops and security provided.
There is no charge to run, but
donations are welcome. To sign
up, call 482-8081 or 592-2368,,
or stop by the Haircut Pad,
4468 Jackson St. in Marianna.

SUMMER BASEBALL CAMP
n There will be a summer
baseball camp from June
28-30 at the MERE Complex
in Marianna'from. 9a.m. to 12
p.m. The camp will be for boys
and girls ages 5-15. Cost is $75,
and water and Gatorade will
be provided. Hitting, fielding,
and pitching techniques will be
performed. Coosa Valley Acad-
emy head coach Bobby Hughes
- a Marianna High School and
Chipola College alum will
1run the camp. Registration will

CHAMP CAMP
n Former Graceville football
star Anthony "Champ" Kelly will
bring his "Champ Camp" back
to Graceville for the second
straight year on June 30-July 1.
The camp will feature football
instruction from high school
coaches and former players
for current high school football
players. To register, go to www.
heartpower.inc, or email info@
heartpowerinc.org.

CHIPOLA SWIMMING
LESSONS
n Chipola College will offer
programs for children of all
ages this summer. Swimming
lessons will be offered for ages
4 and up. Lessons are based
on a combination of nationally-
recognized methods. The fol-
lowing sessions are scheduled:
Session 2: June 20-June 30
with registration deadline June
13; Session 3: July 11-21 with
registration deadline July 5;
and Session 4: Aug. 8-18 with
registration deadline August'1.
Classes are available at 9 a.m.,
10 a.m., or 7 p.m. Sessions
are Monday through Thursday
for two weeks of 45-minute
lessons. Cost is $45 for each
session. Pre-registration is
required with a $5 late registra-
tion fee. For information, call
pool manager Rance Massengill
at 718-2473.

CHIPOLA BASEBALL CAMPS
) Chipola baseball will hold
three instructional camps for
ages 8-18 this summer. There
will be a pitching camp on June
13-14, a hitting camp on June
15-16, and a skills camp on June
,20-21, all running from 9 a.m. to
12 p.m. Cost is $100 per camp,
but $50 for those who attend
all three camps. There will also
be a high school showcase at
Chipola Field on May 14 at 9
a.m. Those interested can go-
to www.chipola.edu and go to
the baseball website to get a
brochure, or call Coach Addison
at 850-718-2243, or Coach
Johnson at 850-718-2302. Cost
for the showcase is also $100.

CHIPOLA SOFTBALL CAMPS
n Chipola softball coach
.Belinda Hendrix will offer two
softball camps. A fielding,
hitting and hustling camp for all
ages will meet June 20-21, from
1-4 p.m. Cost is $50. A pitching
camp for all ages will meet June
22, from 1-4 p.m. Cost is $50.
For information, call Coach
Hendrix at 718-2358.

MARIANNA SWIM TEAM
n The 2011 season for the
Marianna Swim Team starts
Monday at the Chipola College
pool. The Marianna Swim Team
invites boys and girls ages 4-18
to join the team. Registration
will be open the first two weeks
of practice. Swimmers must be
able to swim one length of the
pool (25 yards). Practices are
held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.,
Monday through Thursday.

Meets are held on Saturdays
throughout the summer.

MARIANNA VOLLEYBALL
CAMP
n Marianna High School
will have a volleyball camp for
grades 4-8 on July 11-13 at MHS.
The camp is $75 per student,
and will run from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. each day. For more infor-
mation and to register, go to the
Marianna High School website.

FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL
n Fast-pitch softball club
team LA Smooth is looking
for a pitcher for its 10U travel
team. The club is based out
of Ashford, Ala. For further
information, call Stacy Harper.
at 334-726-1640.

MARIANNA YOUTH
WRESTLING
n Team Dynamic youth wres-
tling Team will continue practic-
ing on Tuesday and Thursday
nights at the wrestling room at
the old Marianna High School.
Practice will be from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. All kids in Jackson
County from ages 6 and up are
welcome to join. For further
information please contact
Marianna coach Ron Thoreson
at 272-0280.

SPORTS ITEMS
Send all sports items to edito-
rial@jcfloridan.com, or fax them
to 850-482-4478. The mailing
address for the paper is Jackson
County Floridan P0. Box 520
Marianna, FL 32447

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Horoscope
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
- Sidestep 'making any
binding agreements if at all
possible. There is a chance
that tomorrow you will see
things from a totally differ-
ent perspective.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) If
you need assistance for
completing a job, be care-
ful regarding the type of
help you solicit.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) Much inner turmoil
is likely to be generated
when you discover your
trust in another has been
sadly misplaced.
JLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
- Compromise is the key
word for you, especially
where domestic disagree-
ments are concerned.
SCORPIO(Oct.24-Nov.22)
- One of the more critical
areas in which you need
to be monitored is your
tendency to stick your nos-
trils into situations where
you've not been invited.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-
Dec. 21) Keep a close eye
on your resources and how
you handle them. Compla-
cency could carry a high
price tag.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) Don't let your van-
ity or ego get in the way
of your relationships with
others.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) You'll do yourself a
favor if you can face the
fact that not everybody
will be in accord with your
viewpoints or positions.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) It's nice to think well
of people, but be wary of
those whom you know
from personal experi-
ence have exploited your
generosity.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
- Keep a lid on your inten-
sity and try to operate on
a more placid wavelength.
Once your forcefulness is
set into motion, it could be
difficult to control.
TAURUS (April 20-Hay 20)
- The best way to figure
out who is your worst en-
emy is to look in a mirror.
What it boils down to is im-
patience and compulsive
behavior.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
- Operate as indepen-
dently from others as you
possibly can, because your
way of doing things and
theirs will be opposed.

Annie's Mailbox

Dear Annie: I'm so frustrated right now.
Our 22-year-old daughter, "Olivia," is
living at home with my husband, our
17-year-old son and me. A while back,
she quit college and moved in with
her friends, which turned out to be a
financial disaster. Two years ago, Olivia
decided to return to school and moved'
back in with us. She works full time, goes
to classes and has managed to pay off her
creditors. We do not charge rent, but she
does pay for personal items.
The problem? She has gained a con-
siderable amount of weight and doesn't
seem to care about her appearance.
What is really tipping me over is her
room. It is an absolute mess clothes
all over the floor, the bed and stuffed inr
the closet, and dirty dishes and garbage
strewn about. Every time I look in there,
it just makes me sick and angry. I don't
do her laundry, but can't recall her doing
it, either, so she must be wearing dirty

Bridge

Those who do not play duplicate bridge hear
about bidding methods popular in that milieu.
For example, many of my students have asked
about Roman Key Card Blackwood. In that ver-
sion of the ace-asking convention, the replier
can show not only the four aces, but also the
trump king and the trump queen.
Being able to check for trump solidity is ex-
cellent, but RKCB is complicated. In today's
deal, North had to guess because he was not
using RKCB. North judged that South needed
a high diamond card for his three-heart rebid,
so took control with Blackwood. But North
could not bid seven, because he did not know
about the heart queen. Note that if South held
the heart queen instead of the diamond king,
seven hearts and seven no-trump would be
excellent contracts. With RKCB, North would
have known.
Against six hearts, West leads the club queen
to dummy's king. How should South continue?
The only problem is avoiding two trump losers.
If they are breaking 3-2, everything succeeds.
If West has queen-jack-fourth, nothing works.
But if East has four, declarer can handle it.
The right play is a low heart to the ace first.
Then, when both defenders play low cards,
cross to the dummy with a club and lead its re-
maining trump, covering East's card as cheaply
as possible. This works 87.6 percent of the
time.

clothes.
Her father and I have begged and
threatened, but nothing gets her to clean
up. All she says is "I'll get to it" or "I'm
too busy." But when she's not at work or
at school, she's sleeping, watching TV or
visiting her boyfriend. I'm ready to kick
her out, but I'm afraid she will quit col-
lege and get in financial trouble again.
-AT THE END OF MY TETHER IN
SOUTH DAKOTA

Dear S.D.: If you are too worried to
throw her out, then yes, you'll have to
put up with the mess until she graduates.
Olivia may be slovenly or depressed, and
her schedule may be so busy that she
needs more downtime than most. If you
think she may be depressed, please sug-
gest she visit the college counseling de-
partment. Whatever the reason, you are
not obligated to go into Olivia's room if it
is too stressful for you. Close the door.

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